Impact evaluations
Can the wounds of war be healed? Experimental evidence on reconciliation in Sierra Leone
3ie Impact Evaluation report 75
Jacobus Cilliers, Oeindrila Dube and Bilal Siddiqi
This report evaluates the impact of a reconciliation programme implemented in post-conflict Sierra Leone. Forums were set up with a group of villages where victims detailed war atrocities faced by them infront of the perpetrators who in return confessed and sought forgiveness.